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Jascha Heifetz and Family Collection to be auctioned

The Mossgreen Australia online auction of items belonging to the great violin virtuoso opens on Wednesday 22 March 2017

Australian auction house Mossgreen opens online bidding on the Jascha Heifetz and Family Collection this coming Wednesday 22 March.

Items up for sale include gifts from the Russian royal family, performance clothing, artworks, private photo albums, correspondence, documents and jewellery - in addition to the famous violinist's personal Steinway piano and Lloyd Wright house plans.

Highlights of the auction include:

Performance clothing crafted by Degez of Fifth Avenue in New York, with a personalised label reading 'Jascha Heifetz' and '6/29/1950. No.12594'.

After a life filled with adventures, including the theft and recovery of his ‘Lipinski’ Stradivarius, the violinist is stepping down as the ensemble’s concertmaster, having been forced by the coronavirus lockdown to leave his final season incomplete